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Adjective port has 1 sense

port, larboard - located on the left side of a ship or aircraft
Antonym: right (indirect, via left)

Noun port has 5 senses

port - a place (seaport or airport) where people and merchandise can enter or leave a country
--₁ is a kind of geographic point, geographical point
--₁ has particulars:

entrepot, transshipment center; free port; home port; outport; port of entry, point of entry; seaport, haven, harbor, harbour; treaty port; Durres, Durazzo; Algiers, Algerian capital; Annaba; Oran; Luanda, Angolan capital; Buenos Aires, capital of Argentina; Antofagasta; Valparaiso; Guangzhou, Kuangchou, Kwangchow, Canton; Lushun, Port Arthur; Shanghai; Hong Kong; Barranquilla; Cartagena; Colon, Aspinwall; Acapulco, Acapulco de Juarez; Mazatlan; Tampico; Veracruz; Santiago de Cuba, Santiago; Montego Bay; Bridgetown, capital of Barbados; Cotonou; Arhus, Aarhus; Aalborg, Alborg; Djibouti, capital of Djibouti; Oslo, Christiania, capital of Norway; Bergen; Stavanger; Trondheim, Nidaros; Malmo; Goteborg, Goeteborg, Gothenburg; Hannover, Hanover; Massawa; Helsinki, Helsingfors, capital of Finland, Finnish capital; Mariehamn, Maarianhamina; Corinth, Korinthos; Patras, Patrai; Thessaloniki, Salonika, Salonica, Thessalonica; Acre, Akko, Akka, Accho; Haifa; Jaffa, Joppa, Yafo; Naples, Napoli; Messina; Brindisi; La Spezia; Palermo; Dubrovnik, Ragusa; Victoria; Vancouver; Saint John, St. John; Saint John's, St. John's; Hamilton; Thunder Bay; Hobart; Chittagong; Antwerpen, Antwerp, Anvers; Gent, Gand, Ghent; Belem, Para, Feliz Lusitania, Santa Maria de Belem, St. Mary of Bethlehem; Natal; Recife, Pernambuco; Santos; Sao Paulo; Hull, Kingston-upon Hull; Liverpool; Bristol; Newcastle, Newcastle-upon-Tyne; Portsmouth, Pompey; Dublin, Irish capital, capital of Ireland; Cork; Galway; Limerick; Waterford; Ayr; Glasgow; Newport; Swansea; Alexandria, El Iskandriyah; Cairo, Al Qahira, El Qahira, Egyptian capital, capital of Egypt; Semarang, Samarang; Abadan; Basra, Basia; Osaka; Yokohama; Hiroshima; Nagasaki; Kisumu; Mombasa; Bordeaux; Brest; Calais; Cannes; Cherbourg; Le Havre; Marseille, Marseilles; Nantes; Banjul, capital of Gambia; Conakry, Konakri, capital of Guinea; Georgetown, Stabroek; Reykjavik, capital of Iceland; Inchon, Incheon, Chemulpo; Pusan; Tripoli, Tarabulus Ash-Sham, Trablous; Sur, Tyre; Monrovia, Liberian capital, capital of Liberia; Benghazi; Port Louis; Casablanca; Beira; Auckland; Lagos; Muscat, Masqat, capital of Oman; Asuncion, capital of Paraguay; Gdansk, Danzig; Lisbon, Lisboa, capital of Portugal; Porto, Oporto; Setubal; Doha, Bida, El Beda, capital of Qatar; Castries; Pago Pago, Pango Pango; Jeddah, Jed'dah, Jiddah, Jidda; Dakar, capital of Senegal; Victoria, capital of Seychelles; Freetown, capital of Sierra Leone; Mogadishu, Mogadiscio, capital of Somalia; Cape Town; Durban; Murmansk; Rostov, Rostov on Don, Rostov na Donu; Tallinn, Tallin, capital of Estonia; Riga, capital of Latvia; Dneprodzerzhinsk; Odessa, Odesa; Baku, capital of Azerbaijan; Barcelona; Cadiz; Cartagena; Malaga; Sevilla, Seville; Port Sudan; Paramaribo, capital of Suriname; Bangkok, capital of Thailand, Krung Thep; Tunis, capital of Tunisia; Sousse, Susa, Susah; Antalya, Adalia; Izmir, Smyrna; Dubai; Mobile; Valdez; Oakland; Bridgeport; Savannah; Honolulu, capital of Hawaii, Hawaiian capital; Chicago, Windy City; Baltimore; Alpena; Detroit, Motor City, Motown; Duluth; Saint Louis, St. Louis, Gateway to the West; Portsmouth; Charleston; Houston; Newport News; Norfolk; Portsmouth; Cuidad Bolivar; Cumana; Maracaibo; Haiphong; Aden; Hodeida, Al-Hudaydah; Mukalla, Al-Mukalla

Derived forms: verb port₄, verb port₃

port, port wine - sweet dark-red dessert wine originally from Portugal
--₂ is a kind of fortified wine

Derived form: verb port₈
port, embrasure, porthole - an opening (in a wall or ship or armored vehicle) for firing through
--₃ is a kind of opening
larboard, port - the left side of a ship or aircraft to someone facing the bow or nose
--₄ is a kind of side

Derived forms: verb port₅, verb port₂
interface, port - (computer science) computer circuit consisting of the hardware and associated circuitry that links one device with another (especially a computer and a hard disk drive or other peripherals)
--₅ is a kind of computer circuit
--₅ has particulars:
parallel interface, parallel port; serial port; small computer system interface, SCSI

Derived form: verb port₁

Verb port has 8 senses

port - transfer data from one computer to another via a cable that links connecting ports
--₁ is one way to transfer

Derived form: noun port₅
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
port - put or turn on the left side, of a ship; "port the helm"
--₂ is one way to turn

Derived form: noun port₄
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
port - bring to port; "the captain ported the ship at night"

Derived form: noun port₁
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
port - land at or reach a port; "The ship finally ported"
--₄ is one way to land, set down

Derived form: noun port₁
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
port - turn or go to the port or left side, of a ship; "The big ship was slowly porting"
--₅ is one way to turn

Derived form: noun port₄
Sample sentence:
Something ----s
port - carry, bear, convey, or bring; "The small canoe could be ported easily"
--₆ is one way to transport, carry

Derived forms: noun porter₁, noun portage₃
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
port - carry or hold with both hands diagonally across the body, especially of weapons; "port a rifle"
--₇ is one way to transport, carry
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
port - drink port; "We were porting all in the club after dinner"
--₈ is one way to drink, booze, fuddle

Derived form: noun port₂
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s